Gale Crater is the name of a huge impact crater on Mars with a diameter of approximately 96 miles (154 kilometers). Scientist ...

The region is located north of Hellas Planitia, the largest impact basin on Mars. The image scene exhibits three impact craters, located at the eastern border of Tyrrhena Terra with Hesperia Planum.

Impact craters have been called the "poor geologists' drill," since they allow scientists to look beneath to the subsurface of a planet without actually digging down. It's estimated that Mars has ...

When humanity eventually conquers Mars, the Red Planet will open up many amazing places for future tourists to explore.

Mars's mysterious elongated crater Date: August 30, 2010 ... irregularly shaped volcanic craters such as the Hadriaca Patera and Tyrrhena Patera at the north-eastern margin of the Hellas impact basin.

Phyllosilicates identified at Enns and Steyr craters in the Tyrrhena Terra region of Mars (located near the martian equator northeast of the large Hellas basin) provide clues to ancient geologic ...

Hellas Crater in the ancient highlands contains some of the clearest evidence on Mars for glacial processes. This image, on the eastern margin of the giant impact crater, shows a number of ...

Beyond giving the cracked surface of Mars' Gale Crater a semiprecious glint, these opals could be evidence that water and rock have been interacting beneath the Martian surface much more recently ...

When the meteoroid crashed into Mars, it created a crater in the planet's Amazonis Planitia region spanning 492 feet (150 meters) across and 70 feet (21 meters) deep.

Gale Crater, which became renowned after the Curiosity rover landed there in 2012, contains substantial evidence of past water. Mount Sharp, also known as Aeolis Mons, is a stratified mountain in ...

IT WAS 2009 when Joseph Levy began poring over images from the surface of the Martian planet. He was fascinated by what he found.

IT WAS 2009 when Joseph Levy began poring over images from the surface of the Martian planet. He was fascinated by what he found.